Towel Dude

Surprising character driven drama. Very insightful and emotional, Sam Elliot, at a crossroads in his life. Faced with doing what he loves vs what society expects him to do, Ponders what it really means to grow up, Sam provides the right charisma and sympathies needed for this role. Sam's past and possible future life choices are represented by his female relationships. Especially his relationship with naive lovesick teenage Kathleen Quinlan, and former high school girlfriend, Anne Archer, who now has a kid, and is a successful art dealer,. There are many amusing scenes, lots of attractive women, and surprisingly, lots of nudity for a PG rated film.

Elaborate Harry Palmer sequel, with lots of James Bond like influences, ie, the credit sequence, immense high tech sets, and hundreds of soldier extras. Movie has a campier approach this time, and is a bit over the top with crazed Texan Ed Begley screaming rants against communism and his fascist imagery. But holding it all together is Michael Caine with his smart ass, jaded attitude to the events, the double crosses, authority figures and his need for money. Movie energetically directed by Ken Russell, and has one of the best double piano movie scores ever. The location shooting in Finland really effective in making things look freezing cold.

Watchable soap opera with stunning widescreen location photography of Kauai and early 60s Waikiki Beach. Charlton Heston, in a commanding performance, plays a bigoted plantation owner who refuses to let his sister, Yvette Mimieux, marry a local Hawaiian boy. His racist hypocrisy is called out when it is revealed he is having an affair with a local Asian woman. George Chakiris and James Darren play Hawaiian brothers in love triangle, vying for the love of Yvette, a headstrong alcoholic dingbat. That said, Yvette is so beautifu and sexy in this movie. I like how movie captures the look and feel of living in late 1950s rural Hawaii, and the depiction of Western ranch life, Also startling, is the dark, creepy vibe of the subtext of Heston's nearly incestous attraction to his sister,